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Emma Wenzel
EMMA WENZEL
Cedar Rapids
Emma L. Wenzel, 91, passed away Aug. 21, 2016, from complications of COPD.
She is survived by three daughters and two sons: Lola Davies, Jerry Wenzel, Michael Wenzel, LaRae Wenzel and Paulette Wenzel; two brothers and a sister, Francis Mysak, Everett Mysak and Dorothy Loehr; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews, especially her friend/nephew, Larry Lacey.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Sondra Wenzel.
Services will be 11 a.m. Sept. 1 at First Lutheran Church, 1000 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. Lunch will follow in the church fellowship hall.
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